Golf bag



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J. H. LAWRENCE GOLF BAG Filed Jan. 1925 INVENTOR.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HENRY LAWRENCE, or LoNnoN, ENGLAND.

2' '0 all w hom it may concern Be it known that n'nNon, a subgect of the "eons mm.

Application filed. .lanuari 15, 1925. Serial No. 2,616.

I, J HN HENRY Law- King of Great Britain,

residing at 24: Drury Lane, London, Eng- 5 land, have invented Improvements in and Relating to GolfBags, of whichthefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in golf bags or holders for carrying golf clubs of the type in which an elongated flexible pocket made of leather or canvas is arranged to carry the clubs by their shafts.

bags the, mouth or In such openlng 1s stiffened and kept in an open distended position by a metal ring or the 1 posed to provide a cap or the mouth of the bag so as heads of the clubs projecting mouth of the bag.

been provided with the clubs being w serted into the bag and a provided for temporarily closing ing and the objects are to ike and it has been prohood attached to to envelop the from the Such caps or hoods have an opening to allow of ithdrawn from and inmeans has been said open of the present invention further improve this typeiof bag,

render it more useful and overcome certa n defects inherent in constructed.

The present such bags as at present invention comprises essentially a golf bag in which an elongated flexible pocket made provided with a of leather or canvas and stiffened indefor'mable mouth or openingin combination with a detachable cap or hoo d adapted to envelop the heads of the clubs projecting from the open mouth of the pocket, its opening provided having means for securing said the mouth or opening of the bag.

edge and edge to the said hood having with an nextensible This invention will be now more particularly described making reference to the accompanying drawing in wh1ch:-'

Fig. 1 is a of the top part of a broken view in front elevation golf bag embodying the present invention, showing the cap orhood secured in position over of the bag.

Figs. 2 and 3 are scale in front larged the open mouth broken views, on an enelevat on of the lower edge of the hood and the upper edge of the golf bag respectively.

.Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the cap or hood.

Fig. 5 is a view in plan-on an enlarged flange or shoulder a inextensible band 'means of the inextensible edge 6 hood 6 securely engaging beneath the flange and inextensible band inserted 7 showing Refering more particularly to Figs. 1-5,,

m designates the usual elongated flexible pocket made of canvas or leather. The

mouth'or opening thereto is provided with an annular reinforcement m of fibre, metal or other suitable material covered with leather which is sewn or attached to the upper end of the bag a to forin an indeformable mouth or opening thereto. On the upper edge of such mouth or opening is attached exteriorlypreferably by. riveting-a ring.

of metal a, so shaped as to provide a flange or shoulder 64 on its lower edge. A cap or hood Z)preferably of canvas-formed as a pocket has the opening or of such. a size as to easily pass over the on the mouth of the bag a. The edge I) of the mouth of the cap or hood b has inserted within it a flexible but I 6. the ends of which are provided with a suitable fastening 0 adapted to hold the cap or hood on the bag by of the The flexible is preferably formed from a length of chain in which the links composing it are of wire bent to a C-shape and'produce a flattened chain of a greater depth than width. This chain is within a hem of leather and its ends riveted thereto and to the two parts of the fasteningv device 0. i

' The onepart of the fastening device preferably consists of a hinged hasp or lever 0 adapted to pass through one of a series of slots 0 formed in a plate or strip 0 forming the other part. The free end of the hasp or lever 0 is formed with an eye or slot 0* through which may pass a turn button 0 on the fixed part of the hasp. The turn button a is provided with an eye or hole a. The

or shoulder as on the bag a.

month thereof arrangement is such that when the hasp or lever c is in a closed position, the slot c thereof .is opposite the turn button on giving the button a half turn, the fastening is made and by passing the bow of a padlock through the eye or hole 0 the cap or hood 7) is securely locked to the bag and so prevents unauthorized withdrawal of the clubs from the bag.

The interior of the cap or hood 7) is formed with a pocket Zr, adapted to hold golf balls or other small articles. This pocket is closed by a flap 7) which is fastened by press studs or buttons Z).

In order to prevent the cap or hood Z) from being displaced downwardly on the bag and also to provide a means forreadily positioning the cap or hood with respect to the mouth of the bag, a hook I) is fixed diametrically opposite to the fastening c to the edge 72 of the hood as shown in Fig. a. This book a is adapted to engage with the edge of the mouth or opening of the bag m,

in the modification shown in Figs. (5 and T, the mouth of the bag 02 is provided with the usual metal ring to keep it in a dis tended position. The cap or hood 6 has the mouth or opeiiing thereof of such a size as to easily pass over the metal ring 0: in the mouth of the bag. lVithin the edge 72 of the mouth of the hood 5 is inserted a two part metal ring (Z hinged together at (Z The free ends of the ring (Z are adapted to be joined together by bending them at right angles and providing one of the turned out ends a with an eyed pin or stud (Z adapted to pass through a hole formed in the other end d. To keep the ends of the ring (Z in temporary engagement and to facilitate the stud (Z entering the hole in the end cl", the one end of the ring carries a spring finger (Z ad pted to engage a pin or projection carried on the opposite end of the ring (Z. The edge 7) of the hood is placed over the ring a? in the mouth of the bag a and then has its ends secured and locked together by pass iug the bow of a padlock through the eyed pin d" thus preventing the hood Z) from being drawn up away from the mouth of the bag a.

In the further modification shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the mouth of the bag 00 is provided with a rigid metal band as carrying headed studs 6 fixed to project outwardly. The hood I) is formed with a flexible but inextensible edge 6 provided with L-shaped slots 7) so positioned as to receive the studs 0. The heads of the studs 6 pass through the vertical part of the slots Z2 and the edge if is then moved round so that the shanks of said studs will engage the lateral portions of the slots. To keep them thus in engagement, a pin or eye 0 carried by the band :0 and projecting through a slot in the edge 5 of the hood e11- gages a similar pin or eye 6 carried on the edge Z1 and the two eyes or pins are held together by passing the bow of a padlock through them.

I declare that what I claim and. desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A golf bag comprising in part an elongated flexible pocket provided with a stiffened indeformable mouth in combination with a detachable hood adapted to envelop the heads of the clubs projecting from the open mouth of the pocket, the said hood having its opening provided with a substantially rigid inextensible edge approximating in circumference to the indeforn'iable mouth of the pocket and having means for securing the substantially rigid inextensible edge of the hood to the indeformable mouth of the flexible pocket, as set forth. 7

2. A golf bag comprising in part an elongated pocket of flexible material provided with a stiffened indeformable mouth, a separable attachable hood of flexible material, a pocket formed within the interior of said hood, substantially rigid inextensible edge formed in the mouth of the hood and means for securing said edge to the mouth of the flexible pocket, as set forth.

3. A golf bag comprising in part an elongated flexible pocket provided with a stiffened indeformable month, an outwardly projecting flange carried by said mouth, a detachable flexible hood adapted to envelop the heads of the clubs projecting from the open mouth of the pocket, a substantially rigid but inextensible edge formed in the opening of the hood approximating in circumference to the indeformable mouth of the pocket, means for reducing the size of the hood opening so that its edge is held beneath the shoulder of the flange on the mouth of the pocket and means for securing the hood opening in its reduced condition, as set forth.

l. A golf bag comprising in part an elongated pocket of flexible material pro vided with a stiffened indeforn'iable month, an outwardly projecting flange carried by said mouth, a separable attachable hood of flexible material, a pocket formed within the interior of said hood, a fastenable flap closing the opening to said pocket, a substantially rigid but inextensible edge formed in the opening of the hood approximating in circumference to the indeformable mouth of the bag, means for reducing the size of the hood opening so that its edge engages beneath the shoulder of the flange on the bag and means for securing the hood opening in its reduced condition, as set forth.

5. A golf bag comprising in part an elongated flexible pocket provided with a stiffened indeformable mouth, a detachable hood adapted to envelop the heads of the clubs projecting from, the open. mouth of the pocket, and a substantially rigid edge formed in the mouth of the pocket capable of being enlarged to pass over the indefoi'inable mouth of the bag and to be retracted and locked in such retracted position when placed in position over the mouth of the bag, as set forth.

6. A golf bag comprising in part an elongated flexible pocket provided with a stiffened indeformable mouth, headed studs fixed to project outwardly from said mouth, a detachable hood adapted to envelop the heads of the clubs projecting from the open mouth of the bag, an inextensible but flexible edge formed in the opening of the hood, L-shaped slots formed in said edge to receive the headed studs and means for preventing the rotation of the mouth of the hood after the shanks of the studs are in engagement with the lateral portions of the L-shaped slots, as set forth.

JOHN HENRY LAWRENCE. 

